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Mesoscale Discussion 1545

June 29, 20054 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 29, 2005, 6:50 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 2005, 6:50 PM CDT (23:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2005, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
85 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 61 counties

Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Cass County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Fremont County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Mills County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, Page County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Barton County, KS, Brown County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Geary County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marshall County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Ness County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Republic County, KS, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS, Atchison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Cass County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Gage County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Saline County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Washington County, NE

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 140 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2005-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1465 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2005-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1465 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-302 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1686 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 11:30 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCClay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux7 hr
Jun 29, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClay, Dickinson, Emmet, Hancock, Kossuth, Lyon and 5 more7 hr
Jun 29, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Buena Vista, Calhoun and 22 more6 hr
Jun 28, 8:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Decatur, Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford and 25 more117 min
Jun 29, 2:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Chase, Clark, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson and 48 more2 hr
Jun 28, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArthur, Chase, Cheyenne, Deuel, Dundy, Frontier and 13 more5 hr
Jun 28, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBlaine, Boyd, Brown, Garfield, Holt, Keya Paha and 4 more5 hr
Jun 28, 10:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCherry, Keya Paha, Sheridan60 min
Jun 28, 10:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArthur, Chase, Cheyenne, Deuel, Dundy, Frontier and 11 more86 min
Jun 29, 1:30 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Cherry, Keya Paha, Rock90 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2005Every mesoscale discussion in 2005

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.